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The Longest Year

Author : Daniel Grenier
Publisher : House of Anansi
ISBN 13 : 1487001541
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book The Longest Year written by Daniel Grenier and published by House of Anansi. This book was released on 2017-03-25 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” meets Junot Diaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao in Daniel Grenier’s epic novel, which tells the story of a boy who ages only one out of every four years. There’s something extraordinary about Thomas Langlois. Thomas is a young boy growing up in Chattanooga, Tennessee, with a French-Canadian father, Albert, and an American mother, Laura. But beyond the fact that he lives between two cultures and languages, there’s something else about Thomas that sets him apart: he was born on February 29. Before Albert goes on a strange quest to find out more about their mysterious relative, Aimé Bolduc, he explains to Thomas that he will only age one year out of every four and he will outlive all of his loved ones. Thomas’s loneliness grows and the years pass until a terrible accident involving a young girl sets in motion a series of events that link the young girl and Thomas to Aimé Bolduc — a Civil War–era soldier and perhaps their contemporary. Spanning three centuries and set against the backdrop of the Appalachians from Quebec to Tennessee, The Longest Year is a magical and poignant story about family history, fateful dates, fragile destinies, and lives brutally ended and mysteriously extended.

The Longest Year

Author : Stan Crader
Publisher : Wheatmark, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1604948795
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book The Longest Year written by Stan Crader and published by Wheatmark, Inc.. This book was released on 2013 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Like all of his friends, Tommy Thompson dreams of obtaining the ultimate ticket to freedom: a driver's license. Unlike all of his friends, Tommy has just turned fifteen. He'll have to watch everybody else pass their tests before he's old enough to take his. But life goes on for the band of boys despite Tommy's consuming obsession. His best friend, Booger, takes up the guitar. His buddy, Everett, dates a girl from a rival school and discovers that her classmates aren't altogether happy about it. Longtime romantic interest, Melody, tests her newly minted driving skills on the railroad tracks. And Tommy receives an unexpected gift -- one that just might make the longest year of his life go by a little quicker. The third in Stan Crader's Colby series, The Longest Year will bring a smile to your face as you remember the trials and tribulations of your own youth."--Amazon.com.

Caesar’s Calendar

Author : Denis Feeney
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520251199
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Caesar’s Calendar written by Denis Feeney and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2007-06-04 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description

The Longest Year

Author :
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1510711341
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Longest Year written by and published by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-11-29 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A meticulous exploration of one of the most important years in American history. The D-Day invasion, launched on June 6, 1944, is widely referred to as the longest day of World War Two. Historian Victor Brooks argues that 1944 was, in effect, “the longest year” for Americans of that era, both in terms of casualties and in deciding the outcome of war itself. Brooks also argues that only the particular war events of 1944 could have produced the “reshuffling” of the cards of life that, in essence, changed the rules for most of the 140 million Americans in some fashion. Rather than focusing on military battles and strategy alone, the author chronicles the year as a microcosm of disparate military, political, and civilian events that came together to define a specific moment in time. As war was raging in Europe, Americans on the home front continued to cope (with some prospering). As US forces launched an offensive against the Japanese in the Mariana Islands and Palau, folks at home enjoyed morale-boosting movies and songs such as "To Have and Have Not" and “G.I. Jive.” And as American troops invaded the island of Leyte—launching the largest naval battle during the war—President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Thomas E. Dewey were in the home stretch leading up to the election of 1944. It has been said that the arc of history is long. Throughout American history, however, some years have been truly momentous. The Longest Year makes the case that 1944 was one such year. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

The Longest Day: Celebrating the Summer Solstice

Author : Wendy Pfeffer
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 110164351X
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Longest Day: Celebrating the Summer Solstice written by Wendy Pfeffer and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-05-13 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fourth and final book in the series about seasons, Wendy Pfeffer turns her attention to summer, when butterflies emerge from silky cocoons and daylight hours stretch longer and longer. With lyrical prose and vibrant illustrations, The Longest Day takes us on a journey through the history and science behind the summer solstice, with a focus on summer celebrations from various cultures around the world. Teachers and students alike will treasure the varied and accessible knowledge, and activities in the back let everyone in on the festivities.

The Longest Ride

Author : Emilio Scotto
Publisher : Motorbooks
ISBN 13 : 9780760346501
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (465 download)

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Download or read book The Longest Ride written by Emilio Scotto and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2013-12-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For his eighth birthday, Emilio Scotto received a World Atlas. Promptly he announced his plan to make a route that would pass through all the countries of the world, a route he named BLUE ROAD ONE. When, some years later, he found himself astride a black 1100 Honda Gold Wing motorcycle, Blue Road One beckoned, and Scotto set off on a journey that would last more than a decade, take him virtually everywhere in the world, and land him in the Guinness Book of World Records. This is his story, a thrill ride that begins in his native Argentina, crosses Panama in the tumultuous time of Noriega, Mexico in the midst of an earthquake, and finds him broke in L.A. where, in a chance meeting, Muhammad Ali gives him fifty dollars and a signed book. Breaching the Iron Curtain, crossing the Berlin Wall at Checkpoint Charlie, being blessed by the Pope, set upon by cannibals in Sierra Leone, fleeing Somalia on a freighter, Scotto's adventures would be unbelievable if they weren't true. His tale of touring the world from Tunisia to Turkey, Petra to Afghanistan, Yugoslavia to Singapore, traveling miles enough to take him to the moon and back, is unlike any ever told. Come along, for the ride of a lifetime.

The Longest Day

Author : Cornelius Ryan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439126461
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book The Longest Day written by Cornelius Ryan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-02-16 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unparalleled, classic work of history that recreates the battle that changed World War II—the Allied invasion of Normandy. The Longest Day is Cornelius Ryan’s unsurpassed account of D-Day, a book that endures as a masterpiece of military history. In this compelling tale of courage and heroism, glory and tragedy, Ryan painstakingly recreates the fateful hours that preceded and followed the massive invasion of Normandy to retell the story of an epic battle that would turn the tide against world fascism and free Europe from the grip of Nazi Germany. This book, first published in 1959, is a must for anyone who loves history, as well as for anyone who wants to better understand how free nations prevailed at a time when darkness enshrouded the earth.

400-Year-Old Sharks!

Author : Joni Kelly
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN 13 : 153821685X
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (382 download)

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Download or read book 400-Year-Old Sharks! written by Joni Kelly and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both terrifying and fascinating, sharks are the most well-known creature of the ocean ecosystem. Sharks are a guaranteed hit with young readers, but this book goes beyond basic shark 101 information. Now its possible for young readers to step into the wild, wonderful life cycle of the Greenland shark, the longest-living vertebrate in the world. Early elementary readers are sure to enjoy the colorful photography of this captivating text, and wont even notice that theyre learning key science concepts, like ecosystems and food chains, along the way.

The Longest Yard Sale

Author : Sherry Harris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 161773019X
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book The Longest Yard Sale written by Sherry Harris and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When her best friend, Carol, is literally framed for the murder of an Air Force officer during New England's largest garage sale, Sarah Winston, mad as heck that someone committed a crime during her sale, must rummage through the clues to find a good deal and catch the real killer.

Rust

Author : Jonathan Waldman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451691602
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Rust written by Jonathan Waldman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally publlished in hardcover in 2015 by Simon & Schuster.

The Longest Fight

Author : Emily Bullock
Publisher : Myriad Editions
ISBN 13 : 1908434546
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book The Longest Fight written by Emily Bullock and published by Myriad Editions. This book was released on 2015-02-12 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in 1950s London amidst the gritty and violent world of boxing, this beautiful and brutal debut is the story of one man's struggle to overcome the mistakes and tragedies of his past. Jack Munday has been fighting all his life. His early memories are shaped by the thrill of the boxing ring. Since then he has grown numb, scarred by his bullying father and haunted by the tragic fate of his first love. Now a grafting boxing manager, Jack is hungry for change. So when hope and ambition appear in the form of Frank, a young fighter with a winning prospect, and Georgie, a new girl who can match him step for step, Jack seizes his chance for a better future, determined to win at all costs.

The Longest Storm

Author : Dan Yaccarino
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 1662650485
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (626 download)

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Download or read book The Longest Storm written by Dan Yaccarino and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times 2021 Best Children's Book This heartwarming family story from acclaimed author-illustrator Dan Yaccarino features a father and his kids who are stuck inside the house together — and figure out how to connect and overcome conflict. No one knew where the strange storm came from, or why it lasted so long. The family at the center of this timely story has to hunker down together, with no going outside - and that's hard when there's absolutely nothing to do, and everyone's getting on everyone else's nerves. This classic in the making will lift hearts with its optimistic vision of a family figuring out how to love and support one another, even when it seems impossible.

The Longest Journey

Author : E. M. Forster
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
ISBN 13 : 0735254613
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book The Longest Journey written by E. M. Forster and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: E. M. Forster once described The Longest Journey as the book "I am most glad to have written." An introspective novel of manners at once comic and tragic, it tells of a sensitive and intelligent young man with an intense imagination and a certain amount of literary talent. He sets out full of hope to become a writer but gives up his aspirations for those of the conventional world, gradually sinking into a life of petty conformity and bitter disappointments. Penguin Random House Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in e-book form, with the highest quality production values. Find more today and rediscover books you never knew you loved.

500-Year-Old Clams!

Author : Joni Kelly
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN 13 : 1538216833
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (382 download)

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Download or read book 500-Year-Old Clams! written by Joni Kelly and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poor old Ming was a very old clam indeed! This book introduces young audiences to the fascinating story of Ming the Quahog clam, whose story is a lesson in life cycles, ecology, climate change, environmentalism, responsible science, and much more. The best part is, all of these complex science concepts are made easy for young readers. By communicating this tale of marine science with accessible language and vivid, full-color photography, readers are sure to be bitten by the science bug, and inspired to learn more.

Glaxo

Author : Hernan Ronsino
Publisher : Melville House
ISBN 13 : 1612195687
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Glaxo written by Hernan Ronsino and published by Melville House. This book was released on 2017-01-17 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glaxo is a chilling novel of betrayal, romance, and murder, from a major Latin American writer being published in English for the first time. In a derelict town in Argentina's pampa, a decades-old betrayal simmers among a group of friends. One returns from serving time for a crime he didn't commit; another, a policeman with ties to the military regime, discovers his wife's infidelity; a third lays dying. And an American missionary has been killed. But what happened among these men? Spinning through a series of voices and timelines, Glaxo reveals a chilling story of four boys who grow up breaking horses and idolizing John Wayne, only to become adults embroiled in illicit romances, government death squads, and, ultimately, murder. Around them, the city falls apart. Both an austere drama and a suspenseful whodunit, Glaxo crackles with tension and mystery. And it marks the stunning English-language debut of a major Latin American writer.

The Roman Triumph

Author : Mary Beard
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674020597
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book The Roman Triumph written by Mary Beard and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-05-31 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It followed every major military victory in ancient Rome: the successful general drove through the streets to the temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill; behind him streamed his raucous soldiers; in front were his most glamorous prisoners, as well as the booty he’d captured, from enemy ships and precious statues to plants and animals from the conquered territory. Occasionally there was so much on display that the show lasted two or three days. A radical reexamination of this most extraordinary of ancient ceremonies, this book explores the magnificence of the Roman triumph, but also its darker side. What did it mean when the axle broke under Julius Caesar’s chariot? Or when Pompey’s elephants got stuck trying to squeeze through an arch? Or when exotic or pathetic prisoners stole the general’s show? And what are the implications of the Roman triumph, as a celebration of imperialism and military might, for questions about military power and “victory” in our own day? The triumph, Mary Beard contends, prompted the Romans to question as well as celebrate military glory. Her richly illustrated work is a testament to the profound importance of the triumph in Roman culture—and for monarchs, dynasts and generals ever since. But how can we re-create the ceremony as it was celebrated in Rome? How can we piece together its elusive traces in art and literature? Beard addresses these questions, opening a window on the intriguing process of sifting through and making sense of what constitutes “history.”

Everything Belongs to Us

Author : Yoojin Grace Wuertz
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0812998545
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Everything Belongs to Us written by Yoojin Grace Wuertz and published by Random House. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two young women of vastly different means each struggle to find her own way during the darkest hours of South Korea’s “economic miracle” in a striking debut novel for readers of Anthony Marra and Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie. Seoul, 1978. At South Korea’s top university, the nation’s best and brightest compete to join the professional elite of an authoritarian regime. Success could lead to a life of rarefied privilege and wealth; failure means being left irrevocably behind. For childhood friends Jisun and Namin, the stakes couldn’t be more different. Jisun, the daughter of a powerful business mogul, grew up on a mountainside estate with lush gardens and a dedicated chauffeur. Namin’s parents run a tented food cart from dawn to curfew; her sister works in a shoe factory. Now Jisun wants as little to do with her father’s world as possible, abandoning her schoolwork in favor of the underground activist movement, while Namin studies tirelessly in the service of one goal: to launch herself and her family out of poverty. But everything changes when Jisun and Namin meet an ambitious, charming student named Sunam, whose need to please his family has led him to a prestigious club: the Circle. Under the influence of his mentor, Juno, a manipulative social climber, Sunam becomes entangled with both women, as they all make choices that will change their lives forever. In this sweeping yet intimate debut, Yoojin Grace Wuertz details four intertwining lives that are rife with turmoil and desire, private anxieties and public betrayals, dashed hopes and broken dreams—while a nation moves toward prosperity at any cost. Praise for Everything Belongs to Us “The intertwined lives of South Korean university students provide intimacy to a rich and descriptive portrait of the country during the period of authoritarian industrialization in the late 1970s. Wuertz’s debut novel is a Gatsby-esque takedown, full of memorable characters.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) “Wuertz’s masterful novel traces the paths of two friends who come from very different backgrounds, but whose trajectories have taken them to the same point in time. This is a story of love and passion, betrayal and ambition, and it is an always fascinating look at a country whose many contradictions contribute to its often enigmatic allure.”—Nylon